Law, Land, Wealth, Companions—None Can Be Lacking

After Houtu finished speaking, she likewise took out a jade slip and personally presented it before the Three Pure Ones. "Three elder brothers, this is the Witch Art your little sister cultivates."

"Though you three elder brothers may not have much use for it, it is still a token of your little sister's gratitude. In the future, you can pass it on to your disciples and raise a few protectors for the Mysterious Sect."

The Three Pure Ones did not refuse either. Laozi accepted this gift of thanks from Houtu on their behalf. At that moment, Lu Xuan suddenly had an idea.

"The Three Pure Ones were formed from the heaven, earth, and human souls of Great God Pangu. The Twelve Ancestral Witches were formed from twelve drops of Great God Pangu's essence blood."

"The cultivation arts you practice should share the same origin. If the Three Pure Immortal Arts and the Witch Art were merged, could they produce an even higher-tier cultivation art?"

Lu Xuan's words instantly piqued the Three Pure Ones' interest. They even felt that what Lu Xuan said was highly likely to come true.

Houtu was even more of a woman of action. She immediately said to Lu Xuan, "Brother, I'll go back and find Brother Dijiang and the others right away, then have them hurry to Abbot Island."

Lu Xuan nodded, then brought the Three Pure Ones and Houtu out of the Pangu World-Opening Map. He had Houtu immediately return to the Ancestral Witch Hall and tell Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches to hurry to Abbot Island.

It was no wonder Lu Xuan was in such a rush. After all, there was not much time left before the Second Witch-Demon War.

Once the war began, there would be no time for the Three Pure Ones and the Twelve Ancestral Witches to merge their cultivation arts. This matter had to be completed as soon as possible.

After seeing Houtu off, the Three Pure Ones began to inspect Lu Xuan's Abbot Island. In particular, the pool of Three Lights Divine Water and the blooming Purifying World White Lotuses left them utterly astonished.

"Brother, your abode surpasses even our Kunlun Mountain. If not for the mission we bear, I truly would like to move here and live with you."

The speaker was none other than the proudest among them, Primordial Heavenly Venerable. Yet before Lu Xuan, Primordial Heavenly Venerable appeared remarkably approachable.

Lu Xuan smiled and said, "When Great God Pangu opened the world, three fragments of chaos fell into the Eastern Sea of the Primordial World."

"These three fragments of chaos transformed into the three islands of Penglai Island, Abbot, and Yingzhou. These three immortal islands lie beyond the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World and can absolutely be called paradises within the Primordial World."

"So aside from Abbot Island, there are also Penglai Island and Yingzhou. If you are interested, you may go look for them."

In the original course of the Primordial World, Kunlun Mountain would be left to Primordial Heavenly Venerable alone, Laozi would move to the Eight Scenic Palace on Shouyang Mountain, and Tongtian would naturally relocate to Golden Ao Island.

Yet now, everything had undergone subtle changes. Even Lu Xuan dared not imagine what twists and turns awaited the Three Pure Ones in the future.

At this moment, Tongtian laughed loudly. "Then, Brother, you can try your luck. As for your third brother here, there's no need. I already have Golden Ao Island."

After chatting a while longer, Primordial Heavenly Venerable and Tongtian began cultivating the One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones technique with the aid of the Three Lights Divine Water.

With the Three Lights Divine Water replenishing their Primordial Spirit expenditure, the assistance of Primordial Enlightenment Tea, and the abundant spiritual energy on Abbot Island, Primordial Heavenly Venerable and Tongtian condensed their Three Pure Ones Incarnations.

Seeing this, Laozi could not help shaking his head repeatedly. He said to Lu Xuan, "Back then, when I cultivated this One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones technique, I spent who knew how many years on it."

"Now, with Brother's help, Second Brother and Third Brother attained initial mastery in merely a hundred years. All that remains is to nurture them with origin qi."

Lu Xuan smiled and nodded. "The most important things in cultivation are Law, Land, Wealth, and Companions. Law refers to cultivation methods, Land refers to Blessed Lands and Grotto-Heavens, Wealth refers to vast cultivation resources, and Companions are those who assist or instruct you in cultivation."

"You possess an excellent cultivation art and Kunlun Mountain as a blessed land, but you lack the corresponding cultivation resources and someone to guide your practice. Naturally, your cultivation progresses slowly."

"But Yuanshi and Tongtian are different. They have excellent cultivation arts, while the Three Lights Divine Water and the Enlightenment Tea Tree grant them uniquely favorable resources. With your guidance as well, how could they not advance by leaps and bounds?"

After hearing this, Laozi actually rose and bowed to Lu Xuan. "Brother's words today have enlightened me completely. To achieve the Great Dao, Law, Land, Wealth, and Companions truly cannot lack a single one."

"Across the Primordial World, aside from Brother, I fear no one else can use four words to summarize the essentials of cultivation—perhaps not even that person."

Lu Xuan waved his hand at Laozi. "Don't flatter me to death. I am merely discussing the matter as it stands."

Another hundred years passed amid their conversation. At last, Laozi and Primordial Heavenly Venerable stepped out of the Pool of Three Lights Divine Water.

By then, they had mastered the One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones technique. Their injured Primordial Spirits had also recovered under the healing of the Three Lights Divine Water.

All that remained now was to use the three brothers' life-bound essence blood to complete the final step.

Of course, this did not mean that each of the three brothers needed to take out three drops of life-bound essence blood. They only needed one drop each, to be used on the incarnation corresponding to themselves.

Fortunately, the result did not exceed Lu Xuan's expectations. The incarnations infused with a Sage's life-bound essence blood indeed possessed cultivation comparable to that of a Sage.

Lu Xuan could not help muttering inwardly, The true Way of Severing the Three Corpses must also require one's life-bound essence blood as support.

Without life-bound essence blood to support them, the Three Corpse Incarnations created through severance could never possess cultivation equal to the original body.

Hongjun had relied on his original body and Three Corpse Incarnations to break Luohou's Zhu Xian Formation. His Three Corpse Incarnations must have possessed cultivation equal to his own. Otherwise, there would have been no way for him to break the Zhu Xian Formation.

What a pity. Among the three thousand Purple Cloud Palace Guests, not a single one learned such a secret art. I truly wonder whether those three thousand Purple Cloud Palace Guests lacked the fate for it, or whether Hongjun had simply been too calculating.

While Lu Xuan was grumbling inwardly, the Three Pure Ones had already directly fused the separated strand of Heavenly Dao power into the Dao foundation of their respective incarnations.

They then used Sage methods to examine them once more. Only after finding not the slightest flaw did they finally let out relieved breaths.

Next, the Three Pure Ones withdrew their Three Pure Ones Incarnations and bowed together to Lu Xuan. "Thank you, Brother, for showing us brothers a clear path and allowing us to avoid the fate of being controlled by others."

Lu Xuan reached out and helped the Three Pure Ones up. "Here, you may speak freely. The Three Overseas Immortal Islands lie beyond the Heavenly Dao, so there is naturally no need to worry about others prying into heavenly secrets."

"But once you leave this place, you cannot reveal the slightest clue. If Hongjun discovers anything, he will change his strategy and draw you into his schemes once more."

"Not only must you prevent him from detecting anything unusual, you must also follow the path he has laid out for you. Unless one day you possess the strength to destroy him, you can only continue to play along."

Laozi nodded first, then asked Lu Xuan, "Brother, what path does Hongjun truly want us brothers to walk?"